From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A8C138010 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:53:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41CF0E04EC; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:52:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC4EFE05D5 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:51:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wera48 with SMTP id a48so1730071wer.40 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:51:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; bh=iCZMRts3ve1N0sxxsOoUuT4Oo8MnDbYGxRFqxKLmwzI=; b=YYnvwD8PY/j9YxJjXFdqJJsVjcbh7Og1aT8hHaYKA1XSnqKX8djOpkK+Z/zdT902H1 v9kutDbNqNk99z4TghWJ/cgJ+UQaJ4MZAKcoYv6yBO02t9jHYw/OdnsRWeYADmQYsHU3 mjUL99ihReQlG6wL1XgpPxRKEoBc+aU4wEveW09ZAjKvdo4KF5jFVoARerrZ2Kz/AGUN t0sWqeEYKiFCzoUsl7OvvMrQi8DOU9xXUJHngV+d5nJ+1xLMdYOWiGlY17cNBjt+yy0c T/1bjciYzkUXE5PAEvSnkMxsJIQAi0FUsZsK1IYn0+I5w0tyIRFo/zPnPOLK2oVjJ2fU lA6g== Received: by 10.180.109.166 with SMTP id ht6mr5222750wib.11.1346424690877; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:51:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b7sm1912882wiz.9.2012.08.31.07.51.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:51:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:49:43 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: EAPI usage Message-ID: <20120831154943.5a845972@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <1650487.RNHkTcOSMI@elia> <1941775.YCGWEdgpfQ@elia> <503F64D1.6000203@gentoo.org> <503FC35A.1030407@gentoo.org> <20120830211102.177f7fcf@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/aKv31FUGp/zNugYWX/7lK3R"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 63a6c224-9092-4dbb-ae9b-2f3427a80329 X-Archives-Hash: 406419f52eb6cd8831d27c1894630023 --Sig_/aKv31FUGp/zNugYWX/7lK3R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:58:00 +0000 (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > Of course an individual PM could choose to keep support for as long > as they want, but unless I'm missing something, that'd let PMs drop > support for old EAPIs if desired, with at least a reasonably sane > upgrade path for both PM devs and users. It's irrelevant: the amount of package mangler code to be saved by removing old EAPIs is so small it's not worth discussing. Most EAPI changes so far have either been additions or very simple behaviour tweaks, not removals of annoying things. There are things we might change in future EAPIs that will in the very long term make this discussion worthwhile. If we get rid of VDB access or unconstrained env saving, *then* it might be worth having this discussion. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/aKv31FUGp/zNugYWX/7lK3R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlBAzwsACgkQ96zL6DUtXhHUiACdEN2wtrD6NIgBHz+rp1JG5OZz 904AnRUGJVV0hx020uZ2p6TD1obXtSzw =Fv8k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/aKv31FUGp/zNugYWX/7lK3R--